Today’s church sermon was about being a good friend – a topic I think we’ve all given thought to as we form relationships and meet people over time.  I know, at least, that I’ve struggled with what it means to be a good friend throughout the years and it has been on my mind lately.  When I wrote my Digital Divide: Poems book throughout this past year, I thought much about friendships and the connections we make/maintain online – they became the topic of a number of poems.  Like everything in life, there are both negatives and positives.  You can’t have one without the other – and that’s okay.  It is William Blake, after all, that tells us that “without contraries is no progression.”